Lemony Snicket meets Oscar Wilde meets Edgar Allan Poe in this
exciting and scary middle-grade novel inspired by The Picture of Dorian
Gray -- a family curse is unleashed!
Bryony Gray is becoming famous as a painter in London art circles. But
life isn't so grand. Her uncle keeps her locked in the attic, forcing
her to paint for his rich clients . . . and now her paintings are taking
on a life of their own, and customers are going missing under mysterious
circumstances.
When her newest painting escapes the canvas and rampages through the
streets of London, Bryony digs into her family history, discovering some
rather scandalous secrets her uncle has been keeping, including a deadly
curse she's inherited from her missing father. Bryony has accidentally
unleashed the Gray family curse, and it's spreading fast.
With a little help from the strange-but-beautiful girl next door and her
paranoid brother, Bryony sets out to break the curse, dodging
bloodthirsty paintings, angry mobs and her wicked uncle along the way.